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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

"COTA ridership grows as gas prices rise" The Columbus Dispatch

Link: COTA ridership grows as gas prices rise
Time Doulin
The Columbus Dispatch
May 13, 2008

The more gas prices rise, so does bus ridership and carpooling.

From January through May 4, COTA recorded about 5.2 million rides, up 7.2 percent compared with the same period last year. Ridership in April alone was up 17.5 percent over the same month in 2007.

“That is big,” said Marty Stutz, Central Ohio Transit Authority spokesman. “We had 1.4 million rides in April.”...

Posted by Paul Bonneville on May 14, 2008 | Permalink

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